This new play by the B Street Theatre's Buck Busfield draws on two very different styles, crossing the feel-good tradition of a holiday play with chaotic farce. Critic Jeff Hudson says the end result is quite a bit less than perfect.

It’s a 26-year tradition in Sacramento – the annual Loaves and Fishes Thanksgiving feast at the soup kitchen just north of downtown. An estimated 1,000 people – either homeless or down on their luck – were served a big, hot lunch Tuesday.